reinterpret

1. 1.

   interpret from a different viewpoint

   Synonymsre-explain

   Broaderrede
2. 2.

   assign a new or different meaning to

   Broaderinterpret

Other forms of reinterpret

past tense

reinterpretted·

present participle

reinterpretting·

third person

reinterprets·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about reinterpret

What does reinterpret mean?

reinterpret means "interpret from a different viewpoint". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in reinterpret?

reinterpret has 4 syllables: re-in-ter-pret. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /ˌɹiɪnˈtɝpɹət/.

What is another word for reinterpret?

Close synonyms include re-explain. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is reinterpret a common word?

reinterpret is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with reinterpret?

2 words rhyme with reinterpret. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.